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UNITED STATES PATENT OEE-roe..

YCHARLES w. ALLEN, or oHADRo-N, NEBRASKA.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATlON forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,829, dated March 1,1892.

Appncason and mail 2e, 1891.

' To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES W. ALLEN, of Chadromcounty of Dawes, Stateof. Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Im-l provements inStock-Cars, of which the following is a full,'clear, and exactdescription.

My invention'relatesl to improvements in vestibuled stock-cars, and hasfor its object to provide a means whereby when atrain of cars is to beloaded or unloaded it may be made a vestibuled one, through which thestock may be driven from one car to the other. f p

Another object of this invention is to provide partitions capable ofbeing conveniently and expeditiously set up or removed to form theinterior of the car into a single compartment or to divide it into anumber of compartments.

A'further object of the invention is to provide a means for watering thestock, whereby water may be supplied simultaneously to all the cars ofthe train, andv also to provide a loft for hay or other feed, which willbe effectively protected from the sparks of the locomotive.

In this invent-ion the novelty consists in the construction,combination, and arrangement of the parts of the same, as will behereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts of the invention. y

Figure 1 is a view inperspective of.. a pair of my improved carsvestibuled together. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a car constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 3 isa plan view of the same, the roofbeing broken away.

. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one end of one through ends.

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As shown in the drawings, they are pivoted in the roof and floor of thecar-frame.

The side of the car is preferably constructed of suitable framing A,slatting 15, secured to the framing, and clapboarding 1G, the latter ofmetal or the equivalent thereof, immediately below the eaves of the roof17. The end l gates a re also preferably constructed of proper tendsfrom end to end of the car and out The iiexible tube 21 is adapted tobe-connected to each end of the Watertube 20. In a central portion ofthe roof,near one end, a tank 22 of any approved construction iserected, and the tank is connected withV the .pipe 20 by a branch pipe23, provided with a suitable valve 24, whereby the supply of water maybe regulated at will. The top of the tank is preferably hinged so thatit may follow the position of the running-boards 25. Two cross ortransverse partitions 26 are adapted to slide against opposite sides ofeach center post or pillar 19. The said partitions are slatted or formedof end pieces or cleats a and cross-bars, and the slats of thepartitions preferahly pass through the spaces between the slats forminga portion of the sides of the car, as shown in Fig. 5. The lower ends ofthe cleats or side pieces a of the partitions move in grooves or ways ain the floor of the car, whereby they are secured from lateral movement.Thus the partitions may be drawn outward, so as to vform the interior ofthe car into a'single chamber or compartment,

or they may be pushed inward andv engaged with the pillars 19, thusdividing the car into.

a series of compartments, and when the partitions are in the lastposition (shown in Fig. 5) they are so held through themedium of thecleats a and hasps 27 or their equivalents,

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Within the car at each side one or more troughs 29 are located, the saidtroughs being preferably hinged to the sides, as shown in Fig. 5', andare supported in a horizontal position through the medium of hooks 30 orthe equivalent thereof, the said hooks being provided with connectionsto thesides of the car, as is best shown in Fig. 4. By this means thetroughs may be emptied by disengaging them from the hooks 3 0 and yetremain attached-to the car. The troughs 29 are supplied with waterthrough the medium of branch pipes 3l,which connect at their upper endswith the central supply 2O to thelower endof the branch pipe extendingdown within the trough.

A series of eaves-trusses is. located beneath the roof l7,bein gattached attheir ends to the sides of the car at the close boarding `loand supported at their center by thermain supply-pipe 2O or a ridge-beamsupported by the posts 19. A space B intervenes between the series oftruss-beams 23 and the roof, which space constitutes a loft for thereception of hay or other feed, and the trusses formed of beams areranged near enough together to prevent the contents of the loft fromfalling to the floor of the car. The loft is reached through the mediumof a door 34, located in the roof and having, preferably, hingedconnectiontherewith.

At each end of the car a gangvplank 35 is located, being placeddiagonally opposite to each other, one at the right and one at the lefthand end of the car. These gang-planks are hinged to the bottom of thecar in such a manner that they may be folded upward within the car. Atsuch vtime they stand Vertical, las shown by thedotted lines in Fig. 4.The .gang-planks are preferablymade in longitudinal sections, havinghinged connection, whereby the side'sections may be folded upon the centralsections when the planks are carried upward in the car, and the boardsare made in sections also to admit of their adapting themselvesk to theshape of the runs leadingfrom the pens in which the cattle or stock areconfined. The car is also provided with the usual door 36, whereby whena single car is sent to the yard the stock may be entered in the usualmanner. The truss-beams located near the door 36 are preferablyconstructed so that they may be lifted up out of the way when the sideopenings of the carare used and 'considerable more head-room isrequired.

It is to .be observed that when `the stock is to Abe loaded or unloadedfrom the train the end gates may be slid outward through their posts 12.and the posts turned upon their hinges, bringing the gates parallel withthe side of ,the car, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and when the gates arein this position they may be. slid on the ways Cin the direction ofanopposite car. until they meet with its gates, thus Iconverting the traininto a vestibuled one, and the stock carried from one to the .fromoneside to the other, as shown in Fig. et.

As the stock' islleaving the car, and when a sufficient number has beengathered into one portion of the car, they may be coni-ined to thatportion by sliding the adjacent partitions-2G across and locking thesliding partitions in place. The cars are to be connected in vestibulestyle only while being loaded or unloaded, as when the train is inmotion the gates l0 and 1l are applied to close the interior of thecars, and the cars then have the appearance of ordiuarystock'cars.

Anyone of the 'tanks 22 will supply sufficient water to the pipe 2O andits branch pipes, being connected when the train 1s made up to tillallthe troughsA in thetrain. Consequently the valvesZt, connected with allthe tanks but the one being used, are closed. This is done to preventthe water in the troughs from rising too high. .V

The gang boards or planks are held 1n their natural position by anyapproved form of latch. The lower ends of the gates 10 and 1l extend soas to be adapted to bear against the sides of the gang-planks 35 whenextended, whereby the said gates are prevented from llateral movement,and any spaces or openingsbetween said planks and gates are thusavoided.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim as new and useful,and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

l. A stock-car having at its ends swinging vertical posts, sliding gatessupported on said posts and horizontally. movable thereon and adapted toform vestibules when extended, and wayson the side of said car for saidgates, said parts beingcombined substantially as described.

2. A stock-car having sliding gates and a rising and fallinggang-planksecured to its end, said gates being at the sides and adaptedto extend and contact with said gang-planks when the latter arelowered'7 andth us adapted to form a closed Hoor, substantially as de'-scribed. Y

3. A stock-carhavingan end sill with one half or portion thereofvadapted to receive one end of a gang-plank and another portion hav- IOOlIO

ing attached thereto one end of a rising `and falling foldinggang-plank, said partsbeing combined substantially as described.

4'. A stock-car havingan end sill with a gang-.plankconnected Awith aportion thereof IZO and -a portion adapted tosustain the free end I of arising and falling gang-plank on an adjacent car, said gang-planks whenlowered forming a floor between said cars,l said parts being. combinedsubstantially as described;

5. A stock-car having gang-planks at .the end, side gates adapted toclosethe spaces between adjacent cars and having their lower endsadapted to contact withthe sides of said gang-planks, and a partitionextending across said cm and abutting against a, central post saidpartitions are adapt-ed to abut, said. parts thereof, thus forming a.chamber in seid car, being combined substantially as described. saidparts being combined substantially as y described. l l CHARLES W'.ALLEN.

6. A steek-ear having sliding partitions Witnesses: movable on sideframes of the car and in ways C. DANA SAYRS, on the Hoor thefeof andposts against which CHARLES S. BATES.

